Forbidden Affair
Anna Sui (2010)

This is essentially the blackberry note made famous by L'Artisan's Mure Et Musc, but with sparkly aldehydes instead of the musk. It's nice - the aldehydes have a high-pitched honey feel to them, like mimosa flower or a shot of pollen.

A couple of hours in, a subtle suede base comes in (likely the bottom half of a violet note I didn't notice in the topnotes), along with quiet woods. At this point, things are fading and getting a little murky, which I guess is to be expected from the price point and EDT concentration.

This is definitely a perfume that suffers from its own price point, which is sad because all the inspiration and DNA for a grand perfume is in here. So yes, Forbidden Affair is actually good, but with better concentration and a little more work put into a proper base, this could have been great.